The Trump administration’s cartoonish graft presents a unique opportunity for a populist anti-corruption platform. But for the Democrats to pull it off, they’d have to repudiate corruption within ...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. came under growing pressure during the course of the year but has managed to survive – at ...
Filipinos have been protesting against the theft of public funds for flood defenses by corrupt politicians. The protesters face a political class whose leading figures, President Bongbong Marcos and ...
Petty bribery may be rarer in Western Europe, but influence, lobbying and regulatory capture remain powerful — and often ...
Anti-graft activists in Malaysia are calling for major reforms following former Prime Minister Najib Razak's conviction over the 1MDB scandal. Despite the verdict, concerns linger about Malaysia's ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. Jul 25, 2025, 11:46am EDT Young woman holding a poster against ...
Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., is taking an axe to the New Jersey Democratic Party’s political "machine," vowing to support a primary challenge against longtime New Jersey state Sen. James Beach and any ...
The U.S. government's pause of the anti-corruption law gave us a perfect natural experiment on the root causes of corruption ...
Karnataka's political scene is heated after BJP state president B Y Vijayendra accused the Congress government of corruption, ...
On Wednesday afternoon, HuffPost ran a story about a woman named Erica Vladimer, who accused New York state Senator Jeff Klein of having once “shoved his tongue” down her throat at a bar. Vladimer, a ...
When it comes to Eric Adams and the company he keeps, there are no real surprises anymore. So when Winnie Greco, a longtime Adams ally, apparently tries to bribe a local reporter—handing her a wad of ...
Graft and elite capture are choking Pakistan’s growth and only civic renewal with real reform of taxes, procurement, SOEs and ...